The wreckage was taken into store at South Woodham Ferrers by Vincent Pargeter, millwright to Essex County Council.[3] South Ockendon Windmill was a three-storey smock mill on a two-storey brick base, with a stage at first-floor level.[4] South Ockendon Windmill had an octagonal two-storey brick base, which consisted the ground floor of the mill and a cellar.[4] The wooden brake wheel was of composite construction, 9 feet 2 inches (2.79 m) diameter.[4] South Ockendon Windmill was winded by an eight-bladed fantail Final drive was a wooden worm gear driving onto cogs of 9 inches (229 mm) pitch at the top of the smock.